Eyes to the future : sketches of Australia and her neighbours in the 1870s / Jennifer M.T. Carter
- Bib ID:
- 2236108
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Carter, Jennifer M. T., 1943-
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- Description:
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- Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2000
- xix, 252 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0642107238 (paperback)
- Summary:
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Through judicious use of primary research material held in the National Library of Australia's collections, this publication explores social customs, social conditions, encounters with Australia's neighbours, eminent people, strange episodes, the operation of justice, royalty, romance, dissent and much more in this fascinating decade -- Back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Chapter 1. A better promise of the future
- ch. 2. Loyalty, royalty and a dash of dissent
- ch. 3. Officers, gentlemen and conduct unbecoming
- ch. 4. Hearts and flowers
- ch. 5. Scales of justice
- ch. 6. True believers
- ch. 7. Lines of communication
- ch. 8. Bones of contention
- ch. 9. Through a glass darkly
- ch. 10. Does of healthy scepticism
- ch. 11. Odorous comparisons
- ch. 12. In quest of Coolies
- ch. 13. Shot and tortoiseshell: Britania waives the rules
- ch. 14. Lords of the land
- ch. 15. Tickling with a hoe
- ch. 16. Cold comfort
- ch. 17. Our lunatic asylums
- ch. 18. Shades of opinion
- ch. 19. Gentlemen and players
- ch. 20. Pictures and performances
- ch. 21. Hunters and gatherers
- ch. 22. An imperative instinct for possession.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography p. 242-246.
- Also available online at : http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/119516/20100413-0011/www.nla.gov.au/pub/ebooks/pdf/Eyes%20to%20the%20Future.pdf
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-5343467
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